Paint colours, furniture, fabrics, lighting: all you need to decorate your home this autumn

Sumptuous materials, bold colours and a longing for nature come to the fore as interior designers create the perfect escape, says Lesley Gillilan

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Paints: blue is the colour

Blue is the new grey. A new wave of bolder, braver colours leans towards a palette of inky indigos, cobalts and midnight blues. British paint company Little Greene’s fashion-inspired autumn collection is dedicated to moody shades of blue: the palette of 21 colours includes Air Force, Old School, Moon Shadow, Royal Nay and vivid Ultra Blue (the latter using a single ultramarine pigment).

“Blue is the richest of colours, and, historically, the most expensive to produce,” says David Mottershead, managing director of Little Greene.